Robot Vacuum Stairs

Getting robots to climb stairs is a pretty big challenge and save for a couple of pre production prototypes nobody has been able to pull it off without making serious compromises with maneuverability and form factor.

Robot vacuum stairs.

The air filter of this vacuum maintains air purity keeping the fine dust particles within the dustbin. Such vacuums are usually small in size lightweight and easily operable. Most robotic vacuum cleaners work by avoiding stairs altogether. No matter how useful today s robot vacuums are they ll always be defeated by an element common to many households.

That s not for lack of trying. Vacuuming stairs are quite a challenging task. At the slightest hint of a larger bump into a step at the bottom they bounce back and forth cleaning as close as they can before resuming their automatic cycle on through the house. For a robot vacuum cleaner detecting stairs is very similar to detecting the type of drop we described above in our sunken living room example.

It is fair to say that we won t get robot vacuums that can clean stairs until we get humanoid robots. As mentioned earlier the roomba and stairs issue has been fixed in later models and to the best of my knowledge even in the newer 650 models. The roomba 960 is one of the best vacuum robots which can be used for cleaning stairs and floor. Robotic vacuums have come a long way.

Their sensors detect drops and they stop and do an about turn. The anti fall cliff sensors of the robot vacuum help it detect gaps all by itself and prevents it from falling down the stairs. Robot vacuum cleaners have a series of sensors including an infrared beam and a photocell sensor that alerts the machine to the dangers ahead of it. 15 years of development and they can t climb stairs.

And gone are the days that you had to spend 1 000 to get great. When we get such robots they ll be doing more than just vacuuming. Picking up besr vacuum for stairs. This would mean the robot vacuums will look like humans with arms and legs.

However if you have a specialized device designed for the purpose this routine can be tackled easily. The latest have stronger suction better edge cleaning capabilities and improved programming. One of the main benefits of using a specialized stairs vacuum cleaner is ease of use. Kind of reminds me of the will smith movie i robot.